''YM Uranus'' is a tanker registered under the

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. It was involved in a collision on 8 October 2010 off the coast of

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Description

''YM Uranus'' is long overall, with a beam of and a depth of , with a draught of . She is assessed as 4,829 GT, 2,297 NT and 7,000 DWT. The ship is propelled by a MAN

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which was built by STX Corporation of

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. The engine has six cylinders of diameter by stroke. It drives a single screw propeller which can propel the ship at .

History

''YM Uranus'' was built by Marmara Shipyards,

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. She was launched on 5 November 2008. Her port of registry is

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. ''YM Uranus'' is operated under the management of V Ships UK Ltd,

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. At 03:27 UTC on 8 October 2010, ''YM Uranus'' was involved in a collision with the

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, south west of Ouessant off the

coast. All 13 crew took to the

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at around 03:30 UTC, from where they were rescued by a French

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and taken to

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. The ship was taken under tow by French tug ''

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''. Making , it took about 13 hours to reach Brest. ''YM Uranus'' was on a voyage from

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. ''Hanjin Rizhao'' was on a voyage from Las Palmas,

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References

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